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  <h1 class="topictitle1">Restoring an SAP HANA Database (General Database Path)</h1>
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   <p>This section describes how to restore a database that has been backed up to the original location.</p>
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    <h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4>
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     <li><span>Before restoring a tenant database, you must shut down the target database. Skip this step when restoring a system database.</span><p></p>
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       Ensure that no system database is being restored in the cluster where the target database resides.
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        <li>Use PuTTY to log in to the SAP HANA database host.</li>
        <li>Run the following command to switch to the system user:<pre class="screen"><strong>su - </strong><em>System ID</em><strong>adm</strong></pre> <p>Example:</p> <pre class="screen">su - k00adm</pre></li>
        <li>Run the following command to log in to the system database:<pre class="screen"><strong>hdbsql -i </strong><em>Instance ID</em><strong> -n </strong><em>Host name of the system master database node</em><strong>:</strong><em>SQL Port of the system database</em><strong> -d SYSTEMDB -u </strong><em>Username of the system database</em><strong> -p </strong><em>Password of the system database</em></pre> <p>Example:</p> <pre class="screen">hdbsql -i 00 -n localhost:30013 -d SYSTEMDB -u SYSTEM -p xxxxxxx</pre></li>
        <li>Run the following command to shut down the target database:<pre class="screen"><strong>alter system stop database </strong><em>Name of the target database</em>;</pre></li>
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     <li><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="SAP_HANA_0057__sap_hana_0052_en-us_topic_0000001839142377_uicontrol01751955491"><b><span id="SAP_HANA_0057__sap_hana_0052_en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text717565144913"><strong>Explore</strong></span> &gt; <span id="SAP_HANA_0057__sap_hana_0052_en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text217518584917"><strong>Copy Data</strong></span> &gt; <span id="SAP_HANA_0057__sap_hana_0052_en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text11107161017483"><strong>Databases</strong></span> &gt; General Databases</b></span>.</span></li>
     <li><span>Search for copies by database or copy. This section describes how to search for copies by database.</span><p></p><p>On the <strong>Resources</strong> tab page, locate the database to be restored by database name and then click the name.</p> <p></p></li>
     <li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Copy Data</strong></span></b></span> and select the year, month, and day in sequence to locate the copy.</span><p></p><p>If <span><img src="en-us_image_0000001792549384.png"></span> is displayed below a month or day, copies exist in the month or on the day.</p> <p></p></li>
     <li><span>Restore data to a specified point in time or using a specific copy.</span><p></p>
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       <li>Perform restoration by specifying a copy or a time point between two copies.
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         <li>Specifying a copy for restoration<p><span><img class="eddx" src="en-us_image_0000001792549368.png"></span></p></li>
         <li>Restoring data to a specified point in time<p><span><img class="eddx" src="en-us_image_0000001839188753.png"></span></p> <p>Data can be restored to the specific time point in the blue part on the timeline. <span><img src="en-us_image_0000001839188737.png"></span> indicates that a copy exists at the time point. If no logs are backed up at a time point, data cannot be restored to the time point.</p></li>
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       <li>Restore an SAP HANA database to the original location.
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          <p>System database restoration will cause tenant database information contained in the restoration copy to be synchronized. As a result, some tenant databases may fail to be accessed.</p>
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          <li>Select <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Original location</strong></span></b></span> for restoring the VM.</li>
          <li>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>OK</strong></span></b></span>.</li>
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     <li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>OK</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li>
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     <strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="SAP_HANA_0054.html">Restoration</a>
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